This song is still as powerful and haunting as it was when first written back in the mid-1800s. This was quick live take in my room a few years back. (vocals, guitar in CFCGCD, capo 4)

Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still - Zac Leger

The Morning Star/The Cottage in the Glen/The Scartaglen Road - Zac Leger (low whistle, uilleann pipes, bouzouki). Engineered by Ben Power.

Morningstar reels

C minor tuning guitar piece #1

Liam on mandolin and Zac on guitar with a live performance of Martin O'Connor's "Liquid Sunshine" set. 

Liam Lewis and Zac Leger - Liquid Sunshine (live)

Zac Leger (acoustic guitar, nylon string guitar, bouzouki, wooden flutes, whistles).

Magnolia Ave

Rough track from a never full-length "Oisre" album we began recording in 2005. It was never finished, unfortunately but this track was coming along well. Zac Leger (uilleann pipes, guitar, ten string bouzouki), Julian Lambertson (fiddle), Charlene Adzima (fiddle). 

Up and About in the Morning (jigs) - Zac Leger, Julian Lambertson and Charlene Adzima

This version can be (sort of) traced back to Bob Dylan. A live recording from the Reno Celtic fest in 2010. Zac Leger (guitar, vocals), John Whelan (button accordion), Charlene Adzima (fiddle). The reel in the middle is by Tola Custy and called "Up Downy".

Seven Curses (live) - Zac Leger, John Whelan and Charlene Adzima

A set with my friends Qristina and Quinn, from their album "Family". I was very honored to play multiple noisy things on this album! the tunes are Lough Mountain/The Yellow Tinker/The Girl that Broke My Heart. Qristina Bachand (fiddle), Quinn Bacjand (guitar and bodhran), Zac Leger (wooden flute), Adrian Dolan (accordion)

Lough Mountain (reels) - Qristina and Quinn Bachand w/ Zac Leger

Live from our hotel room! Just a quick and dirty capture. Zac (low F whistle) and Quinn (guitar).

Zac Leger and Quinn Bachand - hotel room jigs

The kind of stuff I get up to at 2 am in the morning. A thumbnail "sketch" if you will of possible arrangements for the upcoming album. Two well known jigs recast a bit differently. F whistles, C flute, nylon string guitar, bouzouki.

Out on the Ocean/Whelan's Old Sow

My take on this oft-recorded song from the 19th century. This is a melding together of several different versions of the lyrics. Played on guitar, bouzouki and a 1915 Gibson H2 mandola.

Zac Leger - The Greenland Whale Fisheries

Ben Jaber - uilleann pipes, Zac Leger - guitar. Three reels: The Lady on the Island/The Bear Island Reel/The Spike Island Lasses.

The Island Reels - Zac Leger and Ben Jaber (live)

A new re-working of an older guitar piece of mine, this time with more instrumentation. Late night meditation. Guitar, nylon string guitar, mandolin, low whistles, high whistle. 

Aria - new version

Zac Leger has been touring and playing music professionally for over a decade. He holds numerous medals on various instruments from both the U.S. and Ireland, including an All-Ireland piping medal, one of few Americans to hold this prestigious title. He has recorded on over a two dozen albums and has played, recorded and performed with the likes of The Border Collies, John Doyle (ex-Solas), Mike Dugger, Glen Road, Liz Carroll, Rathkeltair, cittern player Joseph Sobol, Oisre (of which he was a founding member), fiddler Charlene Adzima, accordionist John Whelan and world-renowned finger-style guitarist Al Petteway to name a few. In 2005, he spent 8 months traveling under a program bringing traditional music to schools all across the country. In 2007 he was the principle uilleann piper in the Irish dance show "Emerald Beat", based at Busch Gardens theme parks and in 2011 and 2012 he was the musical director for "Ireland: The Show" which premiered in Santa Barbara and New York. He was a member of the critically acclaimed Eileen Ivers and Immigrant Soul as well as the Irish-based show "Celtic Crossroads". He is currently the touring accompanist for Scottish fiddler Jamie Laval and often joins young Canadian prodigies, Qristina and Quinn Bachand, on pipes and woodwinds. As a performer, Zac brings a deep respect for the tradition, coupled with an intuitive grasp of melodic structure on the Irish pipes, wooden flute, whistles, tenor banjo and mandolin. As an accompanist on guitar and bouzouki, he provides innovative rhythmic, counter-point and harmonic lines which add energy and pulse to dance tunes, coupled with tasteful finger-style playing that breathes new life into his singing of traditional songs. He has toured all over the U.S, Canada and Ireland and currently resides in Los Angeles where he teaches music, records and plays both freelance and in numerous bands including Indie Rock/Jazz/Trad fusion band The Brilliant Gypsies.

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